Ezekiel 31:16 meaning and explanation
I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
Ezekiel 31:16, Berean Standard Bible
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In this lament over Egypt, God speaks through Ezekiel, comparing Pharaoh's power to Assyria, a great cedar now cut down. Verse 16 pictures the day Assyria fell: the nations shudder at the sound, and God casts it down to Sheol, the realm of the dead, with all who descend to the Pit.
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